Chandigarh: Arrested Khalistani terrorist Jagtar Singh Tara has revealed audacious plans to carry out targeted killings and weapon supply drops in Punjab, sending intelligence agencies into a tizzy.
While on the run, Tara was in touch with Kashmiri terrorists too according to his interrogation report accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN. Tara also revealed how the terror promoters based in Spain and Germany attempted to carry out terrorist activities in Punjab in collusion with him.
The plans included the use of paragliders to transport arms and ammunition from Narowal in Pakistan to India. The paragliders would drop arms and ammunition at the predetermined spot from where Punjab terrorists would them pick them.
Sources also reveal that Tara met Kashmiri terrorist Asdullah in Lahore. The meeting took place at the residence of International Sikh Youth Federation chief Lakhbir Singh Rode. The interrogation suggests that Asdullah's group was to push consignments of weapons and RDX from Jammu which Tara opposed.
Security agencies feel that large scale terror activities are not possible in Punjab as there is no popular support for it. But terror groups can indulge in sporadic activities as a proof of concept just to make sure that financial ties stay alive.
Babbar Khalsa terrorist Tara, convicted for life in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case, was extradited from Bangkok and brought to the country on January 16, 2015 by a team of Punjab Police. He was arrested in a joint operation of central agencies and Thailand police.
He was declared a proclaimed offender in the Punjab chief minister's assassination case in 1995.
Tara, Jagtar Singh Hawara, Paramjit Singh Bheora with another murder convict, Devi Singh, had made a sensational escape from Burail jail in January 2004 by digging a 104-foot-long tunnel.
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